• Develop and coach all associates, including appraising their performance for the purpose of recommending and executing on promotions or other changes in positions. In doing so, I have facilitated multiple promotions and lateral movements of current and past Kohl's employees.• Maintain a customer-ready store environment, ensuring associates are responsible for maintaining high standards of recovery and merchandising. I have been able to maintain such a high standard by increasing accountability and building strong working relationships with my team.• Demonstrate product knowledge, understanding customer demand and merchandising best practices to recommend selection and placement. I have had the opportunity to work in a myriad of stores ranging from low and high volume stores to different demographics between San Antonio and Austin.• Collaborate with fellow store executives to identify trends and opportunities to make strategic business recommendations. Consistently applied knowledge learned from various district and territory managers in order to help drive success. This has lead to aggressive goals that have turned key opportunity areas into successes.• Collaborate with local non-profit organizations for volunteer initiatives with store associates. I have partnered and pursued both local and national volunteer organizations such as Big Brothers, Big Sisters of South Texas and Bravehearts for Kids.• Recruit, interview, hire, and retain talent on campus and in stores. I have participated in virtual career fairs at Texas State University. I have recommended potential candidates to various opportunities including in store and corporate level positions. This has lead to a successful recruitment pool for the year 2020 in the San Antonio and Austin Markets.

• Applied business acumen which increased sales between 3.1% and 9.6% over the course of three months by merchandising products and tracking consumer behavior. In turn, ran an increase over prior year’s increase.• Managed front and back of house procedures ranging from customer hospitality, driving credit sales, and operational procedures, which led the store to consistently perform in all categories.• Involved associates in accountability, merchandise representation, and sales through consistent communication, training, and follow through.

• Identified, networked, and recruited potential executive interns at Texas State University in various job fairs and company-hosted events.• Organized and hosted information sessions and networking socials in order to inform and attract students to the executive internship position.• Maintained and coached the candidates in the hiring process through emails and text messages, as well as acted as a liaison between management and internship candidates.

• Performed business analytics in order to restructure the women’s department. The restructure lead to an average of 6% sales increase in every brand, as well as besting the district and territory sales in three brands.• Oversaw and performed daily functions such as merchandising, sales, operations, and human resources. • Cultivated valuable relationships with key associates which led to a successful store walk with the District 61 Manager.

• Work directly with professors to maintain and uphold Texas State University Honor Code, as well as monitor classes of over 300 students. • Cross analyze up to 70 individual quizzes and tests regarding complex business mathematics such as college algebra, finite mathematics, and elementary differential calculus. • Keep impeccable records of grades on Excel and maintain consistent contact with professors.